In February, Case Western Reserve University police stopped Cleveland City Councilman Kevin Conwell for walking while Black on the campus, according to Cleveland.com. The police had received a call about a Black man on campus mumbling to himself. After showing identification, the police released the councilman, who spoke out about the incident by calling for more anti-bias sensitivity training for law enforcement officers.

In an editorial published on Thursday (March 22)about the incident, the newspaper chastised the police for not being able to differentiate between a drifter and an elected official. “Surely police ought to be able to tell the difference between the well-spoken Conwell, who was taking his daily walk across campus, and a mumbling vagrant,” the editorial stated.

“First, ‘well-spoken’ is blatantly coded racial language,” the Cleveland Scene, a local news outlet, fired back at the editorial writers, adding that the troublesome statement was surprisingly buried in a larger argument that rightfully demanded unbiased policing.

Being described by White people as “articulate” disparages African Americans. It conveys the message that “you people” are typically unintelligent and too lazy to master standard English. There was a national discussion on this very issue involving our first Black president—who got the “well-spoken” treatment from the political left and right.

In his assessment of President Barack Obama in 2007, before he won the White House, President George W. Bushtold Fox News that Obama was not ready to be president. However Obama is “an attractive guy. He’s articulate,” Bush added.

Obama’s eventual running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, came under fire in 2007 for the same thing, while the two lawmakers were competing for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Here’s what Biden said about Obama: “I mean, you got the first mainstream African American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy.”

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In Honor Of President's Day, Here Are Photos That Will Make You Miss Barack Obama

Today is President's Day and we had to take a moment to honor our favorite president -- Barack Obama.
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Obama had many wins while he was president. He brought the Black unemployment rate for African Americans from 16.8 percent, due to the horror of President George W. Bush to 7.8 percent by January 2017. The poverty rate for African Americans fell faster in 2015 than in any year since 1999 -- falling 2.1 percentage points, resulting in 700,000 fewer African Americans in poverty.
Teen pregnancy among Black women was at an historic low with he birth rate per 1,000 African-American teen females fell from 60.4 in 2008 to 34.9 in 2014. Pell Grant funding for HBCU students increased between 2007 and 2014, growing from $523 million to $824 million. Obama banned solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prison in January of 2016, the President of ACLU said about this in 2016, “It’s absolutely huge. We rarely have presidents take notice of prison conditions.” The incarceration rates for Black men and women fell during each year of the Obama Administration and were at their lowest points in over two decades when he left office.
Not to mention, he saved our country from one of the greatest recessions since the Great Depression due to the Republican administration before him -- and now our current president tries to take all the credit.
People are so happy his legacy that the people of Los Angeles were blessed to have President Barack H. Obama Highway as in December. The Mercury News reported, "Two large, green-and-white freeway signs were unveiled Thursday, one on the right shoulder of westbound State Route 134 at the beginning of the 210 Freeway at Fair Oaks Avenue in Pasadena, the other at the eastbound 134 in the vicinity of Route 2 in the city of Los Angeles near Glendale."
The location was chosen because he attended Occidental College in nearby Eagle Rock from 1979-1981 when he lived in Pasadena. State Sen. Anthony Portantino said about the highway, “The president has often mentioned his fond memories of living in Pasadena and attending Occidental College, so it was very appropriate to name the portion of the freeway he traveled after him."
Mercury News confirmed, "No taxpayer dollars were used to build or erect the signs, Bischoff confirmed, adding that the cost of the two signs and labor amounted to about $5,000 and were paid for by private donations."
In honor of President's Day, check out photos of our favorite president.